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2. Falcon 9 - Wikipedia

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   Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle [a] designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX.The first Falcon 9 launch was on 4 June 2010, and the first commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 8 October 2012. [14]

3. Rocket launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 lights up Florida sky ... - AOL

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   In the chilly hours of Wednesday morning, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took its record-breaking 24th flight, delivering 24 of the company's Starlink satellites to orbit. The Falcon 9 rocket launched ...

4. SpaceX reusable launch system development program - Wikipedia

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   Falcon 9 Flight 21 launched the Jason-3 satellite on January 17, 2016, and attempted to land on the floating platform Just Read the Instructions, [115] located for the first time about 200 miles (320 km) out in the Pacific Ocean.Approximately 9 minutes into the flight, the live video feed from the drone ship went down due to the loss of its ...

5. SpaceX sets up 200th reflight with Cape Canaveral launch ...

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   A Falcon 9 rocket flying on the Starlink 6-18 mission carrying 22 of its Starlink satellites is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 9:07 p.m ...

6. SpaceX is saving a ton of money by re-using Falcon 9 rockets

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   SpaceX is deep into the development of reusable rockets to slash launch costs for future missions, so one has to wonder how much its historic SES-10 mission saved. At the 33rd Space Symposium in ...

7. Falcon 9 Full Thrust - Wikipedia

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   The third version of the Falcon 9 was developed in 2014–2015 and made its maiden flight in December 2015. The Falcon 9 Full Thrust is a modified reusable variant of the Falcon 9 family with capabilities that exceed the Falcon 9 v1.1, including the ability to "land the first stage for geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) missions on the drone ship" [14] [15] The rocket was designed using ...

8. Sonic booms follow Falcon 9 launch carrying supply mission to ...

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   The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 9:29 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first stage booster, flying for the fifth time, had previously launched Crew-8 ...

9. Falcon 9 v1.0 - Wikipedia

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   The second stage tank of Falcon 9 is simply a shorter version of the first stage tank and uses most of the same tooling, material and manufacturing techniques. This saves money during vehicle production. [3] The Falcon 9 v1.0 interstage, which connects the upper and lower stage for Falcon 9, is a carbon fiber aluminum core composite structure.